Cold Steel Voyager XL Tanto

Came in a padded envelope – and the box is worse for the wear . . .

Let’s get it out of the box . . .

And YOU can just relax – and we all know who YOU are . . .

The Cold Steel Voyager XL is NOT a small knife by any stretch . . .

At a little over 12 inches open it definitely makes a statement . . .

For the size the weight at 7.9 oz isn’t too bad . . .

The Voyager XL hanging out with the Buck 110 Auto – what most folks consider a large pocket knife . . .

The Buck 110 with a 3.75 inch blade is no slouch but next to the voyager XL . . .

A good size knife – the Marbles Folding Bowie . . .

The Folding Bowie gets a seat at the table size wise – but even folded it still requires a belt worn sheath to carry – the Voyager tucks right in your pocket . . .

Marbles most excellent – I would even be tempted to say elegant – Safety Folding Knife deserves a place at the table – point in its favor is the fact it folds and will slip in your pocket . . .

But other than looks? – side by side – there isn’t anything the Marbles has on the Voyager – better reach – reinforced tanto tip – AUS10A steel – Cold Steel put quite a knife on the table with this Voyager . . .

One knife that holds its own with the Voyager is the KA-BAR combat knife . . .

Except . . . You just can’t fold the KA-BAR and slip it in your pocket . . .

The Cold Steel Voyager??

Unless you are going to abuse the crap out of it – the Cold Steel Voyager XL Tanto will not let you down – completely over built – Tri-Ad locking mechanism – quite sharp right out of the box – the Griv-Ex scales reinforced with heat treated 6061 aluminum give you an incredible non-slip grip texture – the reinforced tanto point – AUS10A steel – What a package . . .

As with all of Cold Steel XL knives about the only thing you shouldn’t do? Don’t pull one out of your pocket to cut an apple up at the lunch table at work -trust me on this – just don’t!

Get your happy ass over to Smoky Mountain Knife Works and pick one up before they go out of stock ( again ) – after all you deserve one . . .

Can’t decide which Cold Steel to buy?? Really? You folks know I am an enabler – buy them both – or all 3 of them – YOU have MY permission – or do it like Short Stack does it – he buys knives 2 at a time – one for him and one for Mrs. Short Stack – see folks it’s simple . . .

I’ve got 4 coming from Smoky Mountain – 3 Rough Ryder’s and an electrician’s knife in an Italian brand – Mac Coltellerie – read several reviews on some of their knives – good stuff and great prices – we shall see . . .

What’s in YOUR pocket??

Have Fun! – Run the Gun! – and remember – Fish Heads are Cheap!!

The Starfighters – (1964) Full Movie

If you think of this as a “Top Gun” or “Final Countdown” sorta movie it works – the acting sucks – plot? / you’re kidding – “Top Gun” starred the F-14 Tomcat – “The Final Countdown” starred the “The USS Nimitz” – and this “gem” is chock full of F-104 footage – Lockheed’s missile with a man in it . . .

Enjoy your Saturday matinee . . .

Have Fun! – Run the Gun! – and remember – Fish Heads are Cheap!!

ERPO – The Commies ARE Coming . . .

In order to get to you – they MUST disarm YOU – and since YOU are a member of the most dangerous political movement in the history of this country – this is true stuff – The Animated Corpse of the Regime of the Glorious and Harmonious P&PBUH (Plus 10%) Orifice of The (p)Resident, The Dementor-in-Chief, Emperor Poopypants the First, Chief Executive of the Kidsmeller Pursuivant, Good Ole Slo Xi-Den ( thanks BCE ) said so – well at least his earpiece told him to say so . . .

This is simple stuff folks – all you have to do is have just about ANY brain dead zombie believe you MIGHT be a danger to yourself or others – and the regime comes and takes your guns . . .

Whatever are WE TO DO??

Have a quick quote . . .

Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn , The Gulag Archipelago

“And how we burned in the camps later, thinking: What would things have been like if every Security operative, when he went out at night to make an arrest, had been uncertain whether he would return alive and had to say good-bye to his family? Or if, during periods of mass arrests, as for example in Leningrad, when they arrested a quarter of the entire city, people had not simply sat there in their lairs, paling with terror at every bang of the downstairs door and at every step on the staircase, but had understood they had nothing left to lose and had boldly set up in the downstairs hall an ambush of half a dozen people with axes, hammers, pokers, or whatever else was at hand?… The Organs would very quickly have suffered a shortage of officers and transport and, notwithstanding all of Stalin’s thirst, the cursed machine would have ground to a halt! If…if…We didn’t love freedom enough. And even more – we had no awareness of the real situation…. We purely and simply deserved everything that happened afterward.”

Have Fun! – Run the Gun! – and remember – Fish Heads are Cheap!!

The Very Best of Steely Dan – The Full Album for You!

Something to get you through Friday afternoon at work – and if that wet blanket boss says anything – just tell him – or her – YOU have my permission to listen to this to make it through the day – and he – or she – ain’t mad about . . .

Feel free to follow this blog for more career tips – LMAO!

Have Fun! – Run the Gun! – and remember – Fish Heads are Cheap!!

Friday Music – Orwell Edition (1984)

Before we get to 1984 – one from 1982 that I completely forgot . . . – as an aside to this – A long time ago ( 1996 ) I got a call on my cell phone – answered it – a woman asked if “Jack” was there – I said no he’s not – who’s this?? She said this is Diane . . . I asked her if she needed help dribbling off her “Bobby Brooks” – probably 10 seconds of silence and then she laughed for about 30 seconds – She says this is not Jack’s number – right? I said no it isn’t – can I help?? – Giggling she managed to say thank you for the bright spot of her week ( this was like Thursday or Friday ) We said good-bye to each other and she went on her way . . .

Any way – on with the songs . . .

One of my personal favorites from 1984 – made it to #81 – a wee bit of John not Cougar but Lennon . . .

This next?? – I know it’s from 1971 – but you just can’t do “Yes” and not have this playing on a track somewhere in your head – you’re welcome . . .

Kinda sorta had to do this next one – Enjoy . . .

And I found this as well . . .

Nena had a goal – she wanted to release an English language version in her country and a German language version in the US and have both hit number one – she didn’t make it but she tried . . .

And of course . . .

The English version in the artist’s native country and the “foreign” language in the us both number 1 hits?? – only been done once – the Japanese language version charted #1here in 1963 . . .

Enjoy !!

And you can read about here on WIKI . . .

So many to choose from – gotta stop somewhere – so here’s the number 1 for the year 1984 . . .

Have Fun! – Run the Gun! – and remember – Fish Heads are Cheap!!